- hey, i'm valerie june. coming uon "reel south." - [verie] this sll townin misssippi asa surpsing cla to fa . ♪ a attachéttac hé - [valer] the clton high schl show choir has won national champiships ye after year. - beg from a sma wn, i dot th ink i wod've kno t ha perfming cou be a ca er. - [verie] thr demandg rectorelieves t hem. - nepeopleyou're not undetandin whatt's gonnta ke.we wildo it alnight lo if tt's wh it ta s. - [valer] but cathey n big onmore t e? - iteally gis you th couragto do anhing in fe. - all of theseeople cong fr different

backgro un anworking r th same purp ose. it'so powerful. - [valer] let th musiplay witatta ch up next on reel south . - [annncer] major funding for reel south was provided by etv endowment, the national endowment for the ar ts center for asian-american media, and by south ar ts. [laid-back blues music] ["man done wrong" by valerie j une] ♪ [sizzle so und] - clinton is a small town in mississippi right tside ja son. it's rlly grea placto gw up. somef the thgs you can do iclinton are go tchurch, nt sh, and show cho . [cheing] pbeat music] - 's harto expla whatttaché ibecause

wh i tell eryone iame om the sw choir rld, they immiately tnk "gl ." anthat is thing what ixpernc ed.what ient throh was ve specl becaus you k w, we we one ofhe numbe one ow choirin the w ld. ♪ ahh hh [davidwe've be to 79 coetitionssince ve been re wi attachénd we ha been ned grandhamp io 70 of hem. - we'rexpected to behe be and to lookhe b est. - in any given wee we're putting hours a eek. i mean, 's serio stu . - exceence is e only o ion. - [all] wherever ile ads- [did] i'm nna enjoy thri de. - [a] i'm goa enjothe ri . - every year, we, you know do some competitions in the south but we pick one venue somewhere in the nat ion for the big competition of the year. thisear, is at loslamitoshigh schl in calor ni our sort of rival, i guess you

could say, fothe last decade has beenhis sc ol namejohn burughs, whs fr burbankcalifornia and of crse, thell be there asill twinurg, o o, and thenountion, ill ois. will geon b us becae they d't fly uthwest to jacks anymore. that hts so the's t a planbig en gh to g us on swe haveto bus to w orle s ov threeours ay and then we will y to losngel es - oy] don'forget yr id. - it wilbe many the kid firstime on airplane.it's jt so funo see ho muchheir wld opens up to t visioof what out there. - 's kindaike our per wl of thseason, to sa - it'sinda evething all fourears hat i feelike i'veorked for. i'm justinda ner us. it my firsyear andit's aot on thli ne. - if i lose, as a senior that would be pretty awf ul. i just don't wanna think that w ay - see, nwe don'tgo arod thin ngwe're ything gat, we jt know wt everyby else does anthen we workon

all t little tails so thawe can sw that atever ty can dogood, wean do th t oo. plus we cado this,this, is, and is.that why we n't flucate in the rkings chbecauswe try to cover every st lite deta . - i was at the time, teaching in special education next door to the choral departm ent and my principalad call me in and asked me if iould likthe oral mus progr . the progm was just almt defu t.i me, it wasust dy g. i s a gradte fromindia from t nor th some ofhe frien that i had th i gradu w ith,they h alreadystartea show c ir. d they we ving reallygood ftune witth at. iteemed li the thinfor me to do if i wand to bui a chal program.- it wasery unusl foa small, conservative town in miissi

pp to have something like t his. - they d not ink i wacr azy. i had e studenbody predent whwas stevstanfo . was extmely popar anif he wagoing to o it then lot of her ys follod su itbecaushe was cool.[lau ghs] - wina garnefound several us thate were nging ouin the ftball loer room d sa id"hey, wod y'all interesd in bng in a ow cho ?" weidn't kn what a show cir w asand , su re. she ok us do the hl and en we sa for h and she said"okay,ou're goa be part of this g up."i remeer beingn a assroom th win a, scussingaming this grouand it w obv io th we were taking this opptunity or input whe she didn't wna take it. anbecause e sa id "wel what doou y'all thinabout tach é?" anwe're sa ng "att hé?" viously kept having oer ide . and theninally, e got frustratedith us a s aid, "we' gonna bcalled aac hé. "y'a sit down."- the rst two ars,

ifyou waed to ben atta é, you re morthan lcome toe in.the thiryear, webegan toave auditi ons. you hateo hurt peles' fli ngs. it just thway it s.those pele whosechildrenid not me it my pne wou ring off the ll when would co h ome on friy anthroughsaturdaynd the w kend and then would he severa confences thnext w k. i was onof threepeople msophomor year that actuallmade iinto e attachshow choir. was sortf seen smr. at ché. au ghs] - my ido in attaé we kendall spa rks d mary cwf or kendalwas st alrey broadway. ♪ whehe sang ng them lls i meanyou justanted toget upnd sing with im. we alland to bet his le vel. [indistinguishable nging] [audienccheeri ]

- thyear that i fit star d,it wasike ougoal in fe. weere gonna walkway with thachampionship and we praiced, an practid, and pctic edand practid and wh we filly did n the coetit io i an, peop w erecrying, d wailin and weeping because had word so h d and can stilbring up thamery owhat it lt like win th competion andfeel le i was integra part of thfirst group fr clintono win a jor ow cho competition anthen it nt on fr the remy ynger ster, whoas sen years apart from me, wh she w in the ow cho evertime outf the teif youuys wento a mpetitio they ca b ackwith gd medalsnd i n't thinof a t e en that dn't happen.- just or an houago, thclinton gh sch l attaché show cir roed back to t ow tonight clintonthe hi school udents ay they areumber one in t cou

nt and theyave therewardto prove it. - i don't kn, it'sust thgreate feeli . - th have trd very, ry rd to len everything th i, as aeacherhave wand to tea t hem and at's jusnot alwa the se in edat ion. ♪ won't youive us t nig ht [jazzy m ic] - yoknow, wethoughwe were ol. we h a smo machi, we d "no parkinon theance oor" in r sequin ownswithur jazz ha nds.i thinthe mostadvanc lightinwe hawas a blk li gh and music] ♪[audiee cheering] - clint, it's a familyff ai thbrothewas int and en the ynger brother anthen theittle sier d then they move on d becomeared andhey haveids and ose ki e in it d it ju perpetu es.- pants thatave en in at

ché,especily theomen, ju expe that thr kids e going begin tsing d dance a certa age d then y're justonna t ready r atta é cause at's wt we k w. [melw piano mu sic] - the ggest challee was money. asn't until, i would obably say lateight iethat audget wa eveniven to ta ché. we sll contied to fundraiswith pecans, th car w hes. of crse, thetudents had to pay f their o out fi and we d have a w befactors thatel ped to p for somof the studentsho couldot aff d be in t re. - meone spsored me. i n't knowho it wa but soone sponred me took ce of me,cceptedme for, u kn ow o i was d ther wano looki at, you kn, the cor of myskin oanything like that. was tread as a pson wheni was member oatta ch - a thirof the studentsere at least inationahonor so et hadheerleads, ba membersstudentcouncioffice

and th we had me pele that uld ne r ve been volved oeven own somef those ud ents th they wod have en gin them t time of ay.so it beca lika fami .i'm nogoing toay thatthere weren't er problems buthey word as a tm and at's h i tau t wathis was a team, jus like footbalte am.- i ner playedports, w pick on quita bit t i found sort ofaltion in the facthat i could excein thigroup an thateople noce d meand noced that was tanted andt sort f saved mend helpeme get through ose diff ult hi school,unior hi yea rs taché seemed to ing alof thoselements,whethethey be hlet ic or acadecs, kidsfrom t b an kids that wod have been perps thoug of as ocasts, they all me tother to come one nitand well becam very gd frie

sand woed towara common oal. d i thinthat's pbably one of t life le ons take allhe way through l ife beuse of t show choir. it didt matterf youwere othe foball t eam, yoknow, whever u wantedo do you we all accted andlooked uto act lly. and e communy waso suprt ive.that w what waso woerful w ell. so think a kid thareally had sic in their hea s and want to peorm it you kn, they couldo that and feelonfidenthat ey were nna ha the suort ofhe cmunityand altheir fr nds. they wen't gon be madefun ofr anythi like that. d that'sot truefor evy commun y. - i thk most cmunitiesit's n true r. - it reallnot and me, i think at's st so woer ful.- it w the numr one thing too in o t own.it wasither ay foball or in attaché. so iwas thcool thi to do sohank godt was th coolhing to 'ca us what if was onef the, you kw, cho s thato one waed tooin, i wld h av ner gottennto mu

c. sohank gooess i end upn clintoto be ab to, yoknow, toppreciat thisenjoy this and nd theove of mli fe. - e clintohigh hool aaché c ir wille coeting inhe sh stopperinvitationalat wt disneyor ld - ey're ally up ainst at, inhe show oir circuit, yomight sathe bibo ys.i wod say th it's ve muchike the nal fo in t ncaa toname nt i can rember askg davi fehrhen were inrl andowoulhe be inrestedin comg to cli nton and taking over e prog m. and he said,"i mht b "we'll tk about at l er." - you ow, the hool at i tau t at was in sullin, illinois. d the hi school s justullivan gh sch land wetarted t sullan singerswhicthen comted inwon two natial champns hips with a student enrollment of 325 stude nts. - second place ... rum ro ] goes tsulliv singersin sullin high s ool. udience eeri ng d the grand ampi .attachshow cho, clinto highchool, wona cost lo! - myast yeart sullan, ta

chégot grd champi in flora ansullivanot sec d d that'shen when shdecidethat was it. she tired anthen sai "comget me take a ok ♪ ♪ forgeyour troles rget youblue s - i' been th direor for 2ye ars. i flew dn the fit time and listed to 'e andwent bac home and thenade themly bo my wifend i d nthe send timeause we' a t ea ople wergreat, jt like the peop where ias f rom, you know, just norma goodld peopl that likehe sir a ma'am that hava resp t d want bter fortheir ki than th had for themsees grong up. a free rd ock musi [audnce chee ng] ♪ therare 76 sdents th y ear. 45 a singersance 17re p

it an14 are crew. [band sic] [cheering] ah, yeahfeel t power owait and ust, if y think wt, wa, wait, wa it itust kes it tt much more buiing and ci ting the e, yep. and se! teaching mus, tehingdance,eaching rforming very imrtant anwe havekids oall diffent ty sfromll diffent bagrounds,ace, rel ion, you namet in thisgroup d inhe e nd th's not iorta nt 's notmporta to bejudgment about p ple but it'smportanto beudgmentaab out how u do somhing w l. cause th's theimportt th in becae if we n getpeoplef all types togree ohow to do sometng w elthe wod's a sile pla . ♪onight wown the ght - e biggestakeawayfor for a

aché is diniteldavid fehr.i mean, at he inilled me at aoung a s incredle and iidn't know whai was le ning at tt time e her. but the dicationand thdiscip ne at i leaed frommr. fe and attaché livewith me day. working this businessn this crazyenteainment dustryi now ders ta wh he s doing us. was makg it harfor .he reay was.he wasaking itard to say "loo this ishat you' gonnhave to al w it "in the al wor ld." - two, tee, fo ur.- when got in re, i di't kn i coulding really.then iot in he and hepull that ouof me so how. you ow, he tgh t me tes, andey siatures, d, you know, ad voiceand chesvoice, just this that i ever understo and wldn't have undstood wiout hi - has rlly foed methrouga lot oflo od sweat,nd tearso goeyond my lf. 's taughme that en i dot know wt i'm capable of. - co on, p ple![yelli

] - finitelyhe greatt teher that've ever ad. henows howo get on wn yore doingomething rong d how toncourageou wn u're doi somethi r ight the rig t ime. - i'velwayloved todance t being att ac has show me you n acally do is as a re er. you ow, peop, alumnihave ce in andalked to us abt what they're doing no a bout they'rperformi on oadway, on crui shi ps they'reancing wh dae compans and it ustopen my ey to all ese doorthat i cld t akthat didn't ow rely existed. - attaé, as fa as pforming es s been vy lu ck 've had p star cotry singers, opera singers, professional dancers, choreograph er we have her musi teache, band decto rs- humes me tosee many ud ents volved imu c. had a dmmer, keh carl ock.he's theumber tw drummeinternatna lly. r a litt town like cnton, i ink th's a prey big deal. anwe alwayfeatured

im.in fact, we ilt an entire snd for im wherthe age crewwould ing that out with h sitti on it and thene would have s own lile drum ow. [aience eering]and at was pbably the high ght of t sprinand fallreview w keith c lock playg the drums. we also ve docto laers, den sts, so manprofessi als.the poinof thisprogram not to od uceprofesonal perrmers, e point this prram is tteach evyone at they' allprofesonal perrmers inwhatev field ty ch ooto go to.peoplerom otheplaces tnk wee a prive arts s ool, th think tt we're st so littlrich haven. if they ly knew. now,o you understa, new peop le? now you undstand what thehole r t the yeas been for? would yohave eve got this po int if we did it any other ay? wod you ha ve?you cado it.you've ened it you don'deserve it.you don'deserveanythingn

li fe th's all silness. yodon't derve ything, u have t earn whatou get ili fe. you'reot owed ythi ng yoowe it tyourselv yoowe it tyour fam ies, you owit to yo communies, you owet to t m to earn uf that's wt's madehis ace and ll continuemakingt great thank you. tonit, what me? - [sdents] six. six. - bere he ev makes t show,all weearn is ndamentals. nging vocal ndamenls ncing fuamenta how topin on yr polepostur all tt kindst uf t th once he final has show together, he givess the muc anthen we ill fo s onhe fundantals on that sic. [singi vocal ercis es] - avid] rhhmic the, ri gh at cannobe... ...[bblb] muddy. - heidn't ju pick notes on pia no actuallknow howto reathe mu c d pick t notes out ours

ves. anthen choographer co in, thewe l ea l kinds dancingto the music, d thenwe finly are ae toix it toth er.[pianolayi ng] - let's it til right on the beat, h uh? this yeas competion se it a simplstory wi a girl d a guand th come togeth and the meet this hu carni l. they fl in lovand theye hang so mu fun tog her. but then get disactedwith all theseides, right? i an, there's althese ladies a everythg's ju ing on a then i eat on the firsgirl i w w ith,casey,nd thenshe ge mad at me. the sho i'm kin likeull of m elf. at's wha"mirrorman" iab out.'causet's saying l ike no o could le you tter thaa mirroran. the's loveut the thers a breaup. d then ithe end the sho i'there plding wither toake meack, i'mleadingbecausi now re ized i was idi .it kda does rallel high schl dr am [pianolaying

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- wellhen be rdy to congratute othereople.there's no margin for er r. - so hopeful, all th preparion and rd w or we've do, hopefully all of is work n't be i vain and wel be abl to pl it tog her. i'm gon enjoy t r ide ♪ ahhh y eah i don't lieve . oh ye don't beeve th . u don't an t ha you are t meanin it! yodon't se to have a c lue. some of you new people understand, you don't have a c lue how hard this is gonna be. wh's it mean at this int of t y ear? everythi ng. it's gonna take everything you possibly h avebecausthey havwh at?- tudents] ore. - they have mo re. they have more of everythi ng. they have mo re! do it again. comen, don't be so stiff. move! [piano pyi ng] - if somody don't pu thr weig around here in aaché, we theyget caed outor it. i an, that just wh it

. i me, we mht get m but ifou're nopull in your wght, wt else are we sposed to do? - hel first ll you this stu at the ginn in of t year anyou'll bli ke kay, well maybe he exagrating a it."- brinit h omlet's ! sing! and th we'll tually s it.he tel us thate ha to somemes li spithen we ing. and was kindlike whe i was ninth g de i was like"does actuallmean t t?"is he jt tryingo get e point ross l e "thawe annunat e?" [david] it! spit!- buno, i acallyaw abroadw show anthe ac r, e famousike leadrole w like, stt ing when he s singin and was li kay, wowhe was sio us "lik he was r real, ke th is the al dealsf what "a profeional does."- you tta singere, bre he! ♪ pleaslet me e and ma connectn the with eh other. - i camen here a i was probablyhe worstan cerin t historyf atta é. was athlic but could t move irhyt hm tohis day, still fd myse getting little bitahead the b t. th's alwaybeen struggleor me. - threyears ag wh i gotn, l ik ifomebody d told mi wa

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and all hat. - well work getherlike whave piteo ple lping usut somet es. and ev with th quicchanges ke thsinger/dcers helus much ase help them. it's a teamwork.- get t here a untale theseun geesand ha 'em ready. i don't nt anybo screami for bungee oa ratc t.- therare timewhere pele ep back d they're ke ey, we nd to thk the crew," and that's t momentswhere 're li "this isur tim " - i n a pret tight ship.i likeo see evyone wki ng. hands iyour poct, no on standi around,r play g. you aying hi and goseek ain, litt fel w?myriends, they aays say th don't c l mecaptaifor no ing. i wi not be le to stprobab not evesl eep,until see this truck onri day. - welew inhis morningand wenttraight re from the airport. i n'even kw what time it , honestly. e pressu's been but ye, it's dinit el lot moreeal

no that wre h er - go tthe sideyou chan on. assilate i - oy] the's not a loof r oo - evybody goit ere you' chang g. let's st movthese tothe backor right now ju so th're out the way. seems aittle tight up here,oesn't t?you goabout eit feet the wings oeach side and that it. and en there a coupl litt hallwaythat go out sohe girlsre having to godown thoseallways cha ng u're useto oh16 to 30 eet and we he ei ghso whyon't we sh 'em back. stop werew itut thebest wcould at h ome our sta and assilated itut it's t the sa as ateast thegot to walon the spaceand actuly s i t so hofully th'll help'cause tre's no elim d final re 's just e sh ot going , get ady r the cl er. you'retandingwhere thcar is u can't be wherethe cais, ro y. n't let m get ere the r is.you undersnd whatwe're dog, peopl y et? - [boy] yep. - co on, think! and 15 ar-olds,hey dot quite ders tahow portant esedetailare because you only get o cha nc read five, s, se ve yove got rlly abou 10, 11 mutes

to t it othen dthe shownd th leaves u ab oumaybe ve minut to get off.it's huge joan th's why wget hea day rly and throughall th preparati on end of the numr an d. [pia playi ] ♪ay our hrts be fl likeur dreamtonigh ♪ ♪ may wsing andance 't we loseur minds ♪ ♪e are on young if we see the ni t ♪ ♪onight wown the ght tonighte own thni ght you ysll good? [studes] y ea - avid] thk you, erybo dy - tudents]hank y . - itelt goodn th eri me, there'always room formprovement. it was gd but i y not tobe satfied witwhat i o i keep prov in - i'm solad and lievedthat t tournamt's he .it tooabout a w da to get re. - what hpens fro heres we w l ve these costus to homer m on they geus onend there puing thpit toth er.

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all and love y'l. - d how ry'all ha c ome. [vocalarmups] - okayburrough s reallyood but rta rely safe make re u sing, ke sureyou si really ll anyou knowdon't shout, bnd balan cebut dot be scad to putt stight outhere rig a way.just likwe've be doing, yes? - tudents] es.- singike you lk lk like u si ngsay . - tudents]inlike y lk, talkike you ng. - te the sto with pa ion. co on, ladies. when yogo downwhen y go downow n ♪ [piano o ro] are yoscar, morg? you ar to lo, morg ? don't scared l ose. we're gonntake m to thearni va 're gonntake m to a f hou se anguess wh at. it'sot even nna costyou any ney tonight.♪eah yeah if you ve me a

ance i uld take t ♪ ♪ it's shot in e da but'll make t ♪ - you dot love that as ch as i do. [excited"if you ve me achancei'll takit !!" en whais it? - [studes] "it a sh in the da rk- [excit] "is a shotn the dark""but il make it!!"i'lmake i !" boom!! [student boo m! - "shoin the dk bui'll makit!"there's story wi t hat. the's a sty with that. tookem in thgym, halco urt, done thithrough ye ars.p.e. kidsitting ther it's like an wuse the m fojust a mut e?"theye li ke "pff we're pying baskeall, wee playinbasketball." ank yo d then what? get the ll. - oy] get e ba ll - get e ball a the y's go g,finalleverybods lookg at himhe's l e, gis me theall, i g the ll, what i do? out two d thenhat did knowt this pnt? at did inow abou anytng else the world? [student nothi

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- [announcer] best performer awar foall of o performers. from clion attachécasey ll ier.[cheering] [clock tki ng] st tech ew goes johnurroughsowerho use.[cheering] [clock tki ng]best aappella es to john burughs powho use. [clock tki ng] best solst awards wereec ided by o americaidol judge. st feme soloisis f ro jo burroug powerhoe, vadeen i uth. [che ing] [cck ticking] greaand thenhe bestmale soist com f rom mot zion hh school samulligan. lock tic ng] in fourth place, all the way from o hio.twinsbg great pectatio ns. lock tic ng] in trd pla, all the wafrom ill ois, mount zi swingsa on. lock tic ng] in second pl e. inecond place, from burbank, califor

nia,jo burroug powerhouse. [cheer ing] [clock tki ng] and winng best micianshi besthowmanship angrand chpions of the loslamitosextravanza 2 6, clton attaché! udience eering][triumpht piano sic] ♪congratuti on on again, ank you r be in a grt group perfoers an ha a safe,afe trip ome. than you. ♪ - i'm glad th i did thisith y' l. - az ing. re al. so p ud.- yeahabsolutely. weeel grearight w. feelsood to put all is wor inanfilly get what we se rve. - i'm ally humbled u know wt i'm sa ng? afr we winit was really n kno wn eering, d juing, a all t

t. they dn't takeit verserious but at theame timea win's win. - still gta be lite to erybody se. - dot start reamingand all at kindatu ff. we'll ha some n la te [cer ing] riumphanpiano music] - [boy] rls fi t. - i was st prayi that iwould bes, like i me, don't know. very ner-wrackin - ye, very nve-wracking. it'sust thbest fli ng. - m so proud.- coralati ons.- oh, oh.[lau gh - wife ani don'thave ks of our wn.we deced long o to do this th these we goa be our ids. peopleould alws say,"how dyou top at? ell you' never he a ow that od next ar," and the swer to at i"no, wwo n't. "becse we'reonna dosomethg differ t," beuse everyear is iq ue. the nare oattaché as lonas we go kids at wannaork anwanna de lop eir natul abilit we'ljust keeit rolling. [mlow pianmu sic]

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